Resource/Capacity Planning

May 10, 2008 6:24pm

tbarbounis 3 post(s)

One of the features that MS Project and other similar tool do a poor job at is resource and capacity planning. I’d like to be able to see a visual representation of my booked and committed resources so that I can identify potential times where I can initiate a new project. This feature should allow me to look at resources, by project, across days, weeks, or year(s). @task, the online PM tool, have a great version of this feature in their product.

May 10, 2008 7:55pm

Charles Seybold administrator 131 post(s)

We are reallly excited about the analysis and reporting opportunities with LiquidPlanner because we are collecting and saving every estimate and update made to every task and project.

The views on the Analysis tab (http://www.liquidplanner.com/forums/forums/2/to…) are really just scratching the surface in terms of what we will ultimately be able to show.

Our roadmap in this area is essentially to let the community be our guide in terms of what we deliver first, so thank you for these thoughts. Voices on the forums will have a significant influence.

Best,
Charles.

May 11, 2008 12:51pm

bradphelan 22 post(s)

Any chance of an API to all this data with a nice Ruby library to consume it with?

B

May 11, 2008 8:05pm

Charles Seybold administrator 131 post(s)

When it makes sense for us to do that, most likely. The best way to speed that up is to spread the word about LP.

-Charles.

May 12, 2008 4:39pm

Adam Sanderson administrator 111 post(s)

@brad, I noticed you poking a few probable places for a RESTful api. I’ve got some ideas for how to set things up for a decent API, it would be cool to see some opportunities for folks in the community to be able to play with their data programaticaly.

Anyways, I foresee a RESTful api which anyone could consume and a ruby api wrapping that some day. Not sure when, but that’s one of the things I would personally like to get in place at some point. It could be really fun. ...well to people who like to make pretty visualizations of data like me anyways ;)

May 10, 2008 6:24pm tbarbounis 3 post(s)	One of the features that MS Project and other similar tool do a poor job at is resource and capacity planning. I’d like to be able to see a visual representation of my booked and committed resources so that I can identify potential times where I can initiate a new project. This feature should allow me to look at resources, by project, across days, weeks, or year(s). @task, the online PM tool, have a great version of this feature in their product.

May 10, 2008 7:55pm Charles Seybold administrator 131 post(s)	We are reallly excited about the analysis and reporting opportunities with LiquidPlanner because we are collecting and saving every estimate and update made to every task and project. The views on the Analysis tab (http://www.liquidplanner.com/forums/forums/2/to…) are really just scratching the surface in terms of what we will ultimately be able to show. Our roadmap in this area is essentially to let the community be our guide in terms of what we deliver first, so thank you for these thoughts. Voices on the forums will have a significant influence. Best, Charles.

May 11, 2008 12:51pm bradphelan 22 post(s)	Any chance of an API to all this data with a nice Ruby library to consume it with? B

May 11, 2008 8:05pm Charles Seybold administrator 131 post(s)	When it makes sense for us to do that, most likely. The best way to speed that up is to spread the word about LP. -Charles.

May 12, 2008 4:39pm Adam Sanderson administrator 111 post(s)	@brad, I noticed you poking a few probable places for a RESTful api. I’ve got some ideas for how to set things up for a decent API, it would be cool to see some opportunities for folks in the community to be able to play with their data programaticaly. Anyways, I foresee a RESTful api which anyone could consume and a ruby api wrapping that some day. Not sure when, but that’s one of the things I would personally like to get in place at some point. It could be really fun. ...well to people who like to make pretty visualizations of data like me anyways ;)

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